For today, we won!
The majority of council did not support the motion and sent it back to committee. This fight will come back, but public pressure stopped the council from moving forward today. Jamming this through in just a few days during a busy election season failed.
The majority of council did not support the motion and sent it back to committee. This fight will come back, but public pressure stopped the council from moving forward today. Jamming this through in just a few days during a busy election season failed.
As the meeting closed, they moved to continue this discussion on November 24th, so this fight is far from over. We need to keep the pressure on council, because they will try this again in 4 weeks.
Thanks to everyone who called, emailed, and otherwise spoke out against this backwards motion. In a matter of days, the people spoke up and shut it down. Criminalization is not a solution to homelessness. #HomesNotZones #ServicesNotSweeps
It's time for the city council to stop treating homelessness policy as a race to enforcement, and homeless people themselves as the barrier to services. These fights are a distraction from the real goal: mustering the resources and political will to get everyone housed.
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